um, actually…

we were more sunburned than we originally thought. 

we both laughed at each other when we saw how ridiculous we looked this morning.

{and then we put lots of aloe vera on our burned parts}

so we took today off. 

off from the sun, that is. 

all that really means is that we read our books from our lanai instead of the beach

and i took a nap in my bed instead of on the beach

and we ate lunch at a restaurant instead of at the beach

and we drove around town a bit more instead of staying put at the beach.

but the best part of the day {for me) came out of nowhere.

                
breakfast:  blackened ahi eggs benedict
wow.

and macadamia nut banana pancakes
     

taking these pictures in front of our rental cottage was close to the best part of my day.  a lot of laughing as we tried to get the angle just right.  the last picture kills me.  i was laughing so hard i had tears running down my cheeks.  we are true seattle-ites- when we can’t look anywhere near the sun, even when the sun isn’t even out and even when the sun is behind us…and squint. 
    

dinner:  pineapple, shrimp, raisins, cashews, chicken fried rice


elli, i thought you’d love the carrot flower and cucumber leaf as a garnish
 

volcano soup:  ahi, scallops, shrimp, lemongrass, among other things (including cilantro).
 
but this is what made my day today:

do you recognize it?

were you born in the seventies?

did you grow up in arizona?

surely, they had these everywhere growing up, but i have very specific memories of this from in front of the fry’s grocery store in glendale arizona. 

i about died when i saw one in hanalei town, hawaii.

kristen, brooke, pepper, chad, matt, mom- surely someone has got to remember how exciting this was?

    
i swear it was so much bigger when i was a kid.  the ride around was like being on a ferris wheel.  i couldn’t believe how small the circumference was from my adult perspective. 

was this the best quarter mom ever spent- or what?